[Zope-dev] Zope-wide config. file

[Andrew M. Kuchling]

Am I right in thinking that Zope doesn't read a configuration file at
any point?  

For example, let's say you wanted to make the format of Zope's log
file customizable like Apache's, so you can give it a log format such 
as "%h %l \"%{User-agent}i\" \"SSL %{HTTPS}x\"".  Where would you let
the Zope administrator set this?  

I suggest there should be some global config file read on Zope's
startup, and products or Zope subsystems could get at its contents to
read parameters of interest.  So, for example, the log file example
would be configured like:

[zLOG]
Format = %h %l ...

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